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Tompkins, John F. – 1983
Parent involvement has always been a vital component of the Des Moines (IA) Independent Community School District Chapter I program. A total of 125 parent activities were conducted at Chapter I buildings during the 1982-83 school year. These activities covered a wide range of topics and events. The individual filling the position of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, Parent Attitudes
Download full textNorthwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1990
This reference guide contains summaries of workshops developed by the Rural Technical Assistance Centers (R-TACs) at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory to provide assistance to Chapter 1 personnel. The booklet describes currently available standard workshops from which rural educators may select. Most workshops can range from an…
Descriptors: Coordination, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement
Tompkins, John F. – 1984
This report provides an evaluation of the Chapter I mathematics program for 1,020 first through eighth grade students in the Des Moines Independent Community School District. Included is a description of the program, information on program budget and expenditures, and narrative accounts of the attainment of 17 performance and process objectives.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education
Johnson, Jessie – 1991
This document provides the final evaluation report of the language development component of the Columbus, Ohio, Public Schools' Chapter 1 All-Day Kindergarten Program for 1989-1990. The overall goal of the program was to prepare underachieving kindergarten children for first grade. A total of 17 teachers in 17 elementary schools participated in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Extended School Day, High Risk Students, Kindergarten Children
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1993
This report documents the activities undertaken to evaluate the federally sponsored prekindergarten program for educationally disadvantaged preschoolers conducted by the Saginaw, Michigan school district. This program, funded by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, was serving 502 children at the beginning of the 1993…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Lafayette School Corp., IN. – 1986
The Kindergarten Intensified Development System (KIDS) Chapter I program of the Lafayette, Indiana, School Corporation is described in terms of the following: (1) district information; (2) state agency program information; (3) project information including staff degrees and experience, education needs, student selection, and participating schools;…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Exceptional Persons, High Risk Students
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The 1987-88 Saginaw (Michigan) Prekindergarten Program, funded under the Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1, served 479 children at 13 elementary schools, and attained ten (62.5 percent) of its 16 achievement objectives. A list of the objectives is included in Appendix A. The program is designed to prepare inner-city 4-year-olds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Minority Group Children
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1986
Student achievement of cognitive and psychomotor objectives was evaluated in Saginaw, Mighigan's prekindergarten program. During the 1985-86 year, 454 children participated, based on their Prekindergarten Readiness Screening Device scores. The half-day program was funded through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Compensatory Education
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1989
During the first half of the 1988-89 school year, the Chapter 1 Prekindergarten Program of the School District of the City of Saginaw, Michigan, screened 488 children and served 446. Process evaluation data on cognitive, psychomotor, parent participation, education, language development, and scheduling activities in 13 classrooms revealed that:…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cognitive Development, Formative Evaluation, Language Acquisition
Lewis, Jack L. – 1985
The Growth in Academic Performance Project, the major component of the Cincinnati Public Schools' ECIA (Education Consolidation and Improvement Act) Chapter 1 Program, operated supplementary reading classes in 51 public and 26 nonpublic schools involving 4,891 elementary school students during 1984-85. The four objectives established for that…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Schools, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Participation
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1986
A process evaluation was conducted of the Saginaw, Michigan Public Schools' Prekindergarten Program. During the 1985-86 year, 454 children participated, based on their Prekindergarten Readiness Screening Device scores. The half-day program was funded through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act to develop the school…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Objectives, Compensatory Education
Morse, Kathy; Kaemper, Jack – 1987
In 1985-86, the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools, through Chapter 1 funding, entered the final year of a 3-year pilot of Early Learning Programs (ELPs) at four sites in the district: (1) Lavaland; (2) Longfellow; (3) Tomasita; and (4) Alamosa. Four- and five-year-old children (N=272) participated in the pilot program. Seventy-five percent…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Assessment, Followup Studies, Hispanic Americans
RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH. – 1996
Title I, the largest federal aid program for elementary, middle, and high schools, is introduced in this publication, which includes both English and Spanish versions. Through Title I, the Federal government gives money to school districts around the country based on the number of low-income families in each district. Each district uses Title I…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged
Fraser, Lowrie A. – 1991
The Chapter I Take-Home Computer (THC) program was established in nine elementary and eight middle schools in Atlanta (Georgia) in the 1989-90 school year. One hundred and eighty computers were sent home with 422 students, whose parents were willing to work with the students, for 6-week periods. Log sheets were kept by each child regarding the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Yagi, Kan – 1985
The State Disadvantaged Child Project provided support for students residing in the Portland Oregon core area. The focus of the project in both "sending" and "receiving" schools was achievement in basic skills. Three special programs received partial support for students largely residing within the core area. These included the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
